COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLU 7008 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR DIDEM ÖZER ÇAYLAN

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Today, our world is getting smaller due to the new technology age (borderless world), and international business can be created with a click of the mouse. International business refers to the trade and investment activities by companies across national borders. Trade or globalization of markets refers to ongoing economic integration and growing interdependency of countries worldwide. The growth of international business activity coincides with the broader phenomenon of globalization of markets. The objective is to familiarize students with the international business environment by concentrating on business and management functions. Logistics and maeritime businesses will be the case study of this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the international business environment (socia, legal, political, economic, technologic, natural, cultural, demographic)
2   Analyzing international business environment through the perspective of business management, trade theory, economic relations.
3   Learning and applying actors, relations and business management functions in international business
4   Understanding the procedures in international business (selection of the country, strategies for entering international market )
5   Solving and managing international business problems and sharing their solutions in written/oral forms (presentation of the homeworks)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International Business: General Introduction Importance, concepts, terminology
2 Cultural Environment of International Business
3 Political and Legal Environment of International Business
4 Economical Environment, Foreign Trade Theory, Trade and Governmental Effect
5 Local Collaboration and Integration Agreements
6 Foreign Direct Investmens, Exchange Markets
7 Midterm Exam
8 Determining foreign exchange, FDI and governmental effects, Diplomacy in international business
9 International Management Country selection, Collaboration strategies, Control strategies
10 Marketing, Export and Import Strategies
11 Global production and supply chain management
12 Accounting and taxation in multinational companies Multinational finance function
13 International Human Resource Management
14 Homework Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

International Business: Environments and Operations, (Daniels, Radebaugh andSullivan, Edinburg Gate, England, Prentice Hall, 2013)
International Business: Strategy, Management, and the New Realities: (Çavuşgil, Knight and Riesenberger, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2012)
Uluslararası Yönetim (E.N.Çalışkan, 2011 Beta Yayınları)
Uluslararası Işletmecilik ( E. Can, 2012 Beta Yayınları)
Süreli Yayınlar: International Business, International Management, Marketing Management, Human Resources and Personnel Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Containerization Journal, Fair Play International Shipping Weekly, Lloyd's Ship Manager, Marine Policy, Seatrade Review, Maritime Policy and Management, International Journal of Maritime Economists, WWS World Wide Shipping, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics, Journal of Marketing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

student centered learning - Literature survey, data analysis, case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achieving specialist level of knowledge, skill and competency and researching, commenting, expressing (oral-written forms) through the perspective of business management in in logistics and maritime transport sector will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Didem Özer Çaylan,
Tel: 232 3018822
e-mail: didem.ozer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Every Monday: 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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